Seismo-ionospheric coupling appearing as equatorial electron density enhancements observed via DEMETER electron density measurements
Résumé
We report the processes and results of statistical analysis on the ionospheric electron density
data measured by the Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions
(DEMETER) satellite over a period of 6 years (2005–2010), in order to investigate the correlation between
seismic activity and equatorial plasma density variations. To simplify the analysis, three equatorial regions
with frequent earthquakes were selected and then one-dimensional time series analysis between the
daily seismic activity indices and the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) intensity indices, which represent
relative equatorial electron density increase, were performed for each region. The statistically significant
values of the lagged cross-correlation function, particularly in the region with minimal effects of
longitudinal asymmetry, indicate that some of the very large earthquakes with M > 5.0 in the low-latitude
region can accompany observable precursory and concurrent EIA enhancements, even though the seismic
activity is not the most significant driver of the equatorial ionospheric evolution. The physical mechanisms
of the seismo-ionospheric coupling is consistent with our observation, and the possibility of earthquake
prediction using the EIA intensity variation is discussed.
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Planète et Univers [physics]
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